This place has the ambience and appeal for folks who are nostalgic about Hong Kong culture -- the…read moreneon lights are cute, and spells things like "foreigner medicinal tea" (back-handed way of saying beer). Plus the Chinese name of the place alludes to the phrase "so fucking good". Turns out, the food and the beer selection is pretty damn decent too! The menu is actually quite big, and represents the east-meets-west vibe of Hong Kong. For example, you'll find Iberico ham here in the form of char siu atop a bowl of rice and adorned by Japanese onsen egg; or braised Napa cabbage in a creamy French-style sauce with local fried shrimp. I came here with my mum, who prefers more traditional Chinese food as she's lactose intolerant, and we still had a great time. On top of that, they have a decent selection of draft and bottled beer, with a lot of local brews represented. They also have very interesting non-alcoholic choices -- again, great for non-drinking parents or friends. The lighting can be a little bit dark for some folks, but as long as anyone needed visual support has a phone with a flashlight, or a friend, reading the menu should be ok. This is absolutely the kind of place I'd chill at with a bunch of good friends.

65 Peel is great place to go for craft beer and Cantonese style gastropub food. They have about ten…read morebeers on tap and offer bottled beer both from international brewers and local craft brewers. I enjoyed the food and the beer was also pretty good. Food: 3.75 stars Beer: 3.5 stars Environment: 4 stars Service: 3 stars Overall: 3.5 stars Recommendations: crab rice ball, signature ipa I ordered the char Shui rice with spa, crab rice ball, and the fried chicken and washed it down with a flight of beers. The flight of beers costs 140 hkd and you get a choice of 200ml servings of four beers. The char siu is sous vide and was really tender. The taste was a bit on the light side and wish it had a bit more of the bbq flavor. The rice was also really nice. However not a fan of the spa egg and the canard liver which seemed a bit out of place. The fried chicken and crab rice balls were both good. I liked the crab balls better and they had a nice crispness and the crab flavor shines through. Fried chicken is a substantial portion and this could be a main if that is all you are eating. The chicken is tender and has a nice crunchy exterior.

This bar seems to have a lot of potential. It's got a huge, very under-utilised space on the roof,…read morewhere only a corner is taken up by lounge furniture (which, uncomfortably, didn't have cushions on it the night I was there even though it wasn't raining.) The drink menu features enough wine and cocktails to keep most happy, though it certainly won't find a spot on my craft beer list. (Come on Hong Kong mainstream bars, catch on already.) A friend and I shared two cocktails, the Start Me Up which is a cucumber number, and the Ladies Night, a berryful one. Both were completely decent, not too cloyingly sweet nor skimping on the alcohol. What I really appreciated was the view. I'm a view lover and this one shows a sweeping swath of Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, and out to Wan Chai on one side and North Point on the other. Despite the flashing lights of the CWB billboards right overhead, or perhaps because of them, it feels like it's floating in the middle of that darkly urban cityscape that typifies so much of HK. I enjoyed sipping from my martini glass while peering down at the office buildings slowly vacating and apartments slowly filling.

It's a 3 star bar + 1 star view…read more When you talk about the rooftop bars in HK, we'll have the usual suspects like Sevva, Ozone, Wooloomooloo (in Wanchai) and Azure. If you throw in the bars with good view, either from inside a tall building, or an outdoor podium, you'll have Aqua, Felix, Cafe Grey, Red @ IFC, Armani/Prive, Hooray, etc. There are certainly more than enough for you to choose from. This bar has everything they promise, and nothing more than that. They have a 270 degree view from the HK side, overseeing North Point to Happy Valley, with the whole Kowloon under your view. It is nothing less of amazing. It is a rooftop, as promised too, which you'll see a massive billboard behind you, written "MIDTOWN", which is the name of this new building. It is a bar, it gives you alcohol. It's "by Harlan Goldstein", too, just like the Penthouse right down stairs. But don't expect more than that. It doesn't have DJ or live band here, nor proper washroom - you have to go back downstairs. The rooftop is rather big, but tables and seats are only filled half of it, probably because they don't have the personnel or infrastructure to serve the whole floor yet. And they are interesting lack of a good crowd - there are empty tables always available. I can't imagine any of those rooftop bars I mentioned above would be less busy than a full house, but hey, if I can have the view all by my own and not have to fight for it, I'm definitely not complaining. All in all, it is a very new bar, so everything is still developing, including the crowd. I'm sure it will get busier soon. We ordered a bottle of wine among three of us, which on the higher end of a standard "Causeway Bay" price tag, but I guess you have to pay for the "Goldstein premium" here.

So if you're looking for a place to down a beverage around Tung Chung then this place is ideally…read moresituated. I've been here twice, both times after coming back down from the Big Buddha and with HK weather being warm and humid, by the time you walk past here you will be craving a cold beer! There is an outdoor seating area which overlooks the courtyard between the Tung Chung MTR station and the Citigate shopping complex. We spent about 90 minutes sitting here last visit - just relaxing and soaking in the atmosphere and people watching. They had a poster for frozen slushy Asahi beer which turned out to be only frozen froth and is like eating bitter ice ... not particular tasty!

If there's a nightlife in Tung Chung, I haven't heard about it. The closest I've gotten to a…read moreroaring good time late at night in TC has been by the Tung Chung Post Office at night when everyone picks up drinks from the much-loved Club 711, or 7Eleven to all the sober consumers. Starz Wine Bar doesn't stay open till late, so it doesn't hold a candle to the cockroach infested corner of 7/11, but it is a good place to go for post-work drinks with a friendly neighbour, or for some day-beers to go with your snacks before movie time. I'm a chicken wings fiend (who isn't in Hong Kong?) and the plate of wings here are pretty good. They go down well with your Stella, Hoegaarden, Guiness, or whatever your beer of choice is. As for bigger meals, I would recommend their laksa which - although not as good as my own ha ha - is pretty satisfying with prawns, bean sprouts, a boiled egg, fishcakes and tofu. Their sandwiches and burgers aren't half bad either. Ashamed to say it but although this IS a self-proclaimed wine bar, I haven't tried their wine list. I feel like a lot of people who go here are, like me, swept away by the (usually hot, sunny) day and prefer an ice cold beer in the open air to a heavy bottle of red. At least, that's what I've noticed from my people-watching here. Starz is NOT rowdy - rather: it's a really chill place to share a few drinks with your family or friends after a hard day's work.

The place is a few hundred meters away from the Causeway Bay subway station. As a beer place, the…read morefood here was very good, and I think It had one of the best lineup of local craft beers. The service staff was courteous and attentive too. I enjoyed the visit. The price of the craft beers was a bit higher than the price in the bars in the US, but this seems to be true for a few other craft beer bars I went to in Hong Kong.

This is a cute place to visit. There are quite a lot of craft beers on tap. Some of them have very…read morefunny name, like "Sei 8 Por" which the name refers to a nosy woman in Chinese. I ordered a flight of three samplers, Sei 8 Por, Go Banana, and Hom Blouche Peches. Just like its name, the beer tasted spicy. Go Banana has a light banana flavour and the last one did have a rich aroma of peach and it's fruity. They also have interesting snack, such as Kaya French Toast with Pandan butter, Sakura Seaame Nori and Fatty Edamame. This is an interesting place to visit.

Highly recommend Huge Selection of independent bottle…read morewhisky and amazing japanese fruit cocktail Their staff is polite & friendly,feel free to ask them what you want,and they will give you excellent recommendations.

A small and cozy Japanese whisky bar in Tsim Sha Tsui, near the shopping mall K11. Around 20 seats…read moretotal including the bar chairs. Comfortable and quiet with no noisy music. A nice place to relax with friends after work; also suitable for couples. There is a wide variety of Scotch, Japanese whisky and cocktails. They got Scotch like Scapa and Caol Ila which are not very commonly seen in bars in the area. The price is reasonable, most of them are of around HK$100 for a single shot. We arrived around 1030, after dinner in a restaurant nearby. It was our first visit and the experience is nice. We were served by a Japanese bartender who is friendly and helpful. We had some beer, whisky and cocktails: Suntory Premium Malt on tap, B+ Creamy and rich. Of course much fresher than the bottle / can one. Hong Kong Cooler, A-: A vodka based cocktail with some citrus, ginger ale and ... jasmine tea? A very refreshing drink. Scotch Manhattan, A (*caution: this grading is only suitable for Islay lovers. Forget it if you hate peaty stuff): The bartender recommended this when I told him I love Islay and wanted a strong cocktail. Basically Ardberg 10 with Vermouth. The peaty Ardberg and the sweet vermouth match perfectly. One of the best cocktails I have ever tried.

Although I am not James Bond nor Frank Sinatra, I too claim the martini as my lifes signature…read morebeverage of choice. As such, I love great upscale bars, because it is only the upscale bar that can properly make a Grey Goose martini served up with a few olives...blue cheese stuffed if you got em! (My signature beverage of choice). I say this with twenty years of research in consuming martinis from Vegas to NYC to Hong Kong, from hotel lobbies, to Carnegie Hall to back street bars on Bourbon Street. Well, how more upscale can you get than The Bar at the Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon? What a great set up for cocktails to saunter through the beautiful, iconic lobby in root to your destination. Located up two flights of stairs through the lobby, then hang a quick right, you will find The Bar. This is a swanky spot. Dark wooden walls, small intimate space, piano playing softly, staff in white jackets, dim lighting, well stocked bar. In the back of the tiny bar, there is another small space with some lounge spots for bigger groups of 4-6 people, but still intimate. They serve you little snacks with your drinks, including some amazing cocoa covered nuts dusted in fine salt and some high quality olives. So you ask how was the martini? Well, it was exceptional. Most barkeeps tend to put too much vermouth and a vodka martini is then ruined. This barkeep was perfect. They bring the martini already poured, so you do not see the shaker or its contents. My only beef was that my martini was served in a great piece of traditional normal size martini glassware (not too thick and the perfect thinness as it hits your lip!), but the drink itself only took up about 40% of the glass. It was almost as if the bartender made me a "half" martini. It was so noticeable that we thought this might be an accident and were kind of giggling. It would be for this reason my Yelp review of a 4 versus a 5. The drink itself though was perfect! And as par for the course for a fancy "mini" drink in a swanky spot, the prices are expensive.

Fantastic dark and intimate atmosphere, featuring an extensive drink list and exceptional service…read more The Bar is an excellent alternative to the more boisterous salon de ning in the basement level of the Peninsula. If you are looking for a quiet classy place for a drink, I highly recommend stopping by.

I have to say that it isn't easy to find a pub around the Jordan area? I guess most people either…read moredrink at home or at restaurants and eateries given the lax liquor laws here. Anyway, we were looking to kill a few hours before dinner and walked around for quite a while before stumbling upon this pub which was just opening up at 6pm. It's an old school pub with wooden furnishings, happy hour and darts (although of the electronic variety). It also has that typical pub smell ... stale beer mixed with cigarette smoke. The beers are cheap and you get freebie snacks to go with them. There is music and a jukebox to entertain as you down the drinks and wile away the time. It does have a homely feel to it as it appears to be run by mum/dad and the kids.

I love taking people here just visiting HK. Being a total gweilo-can't-speak-a-word-of-cantonese…read more'Murican, this place is fun to bring people to as Hong Kong's answer to the dive bar. It's smokey as ALL. HELL. so if that bothers you, steer clear of here for suuuuuure. It's not my favorite aspect of the place, but it doesn't bother me so much that I wouldn't give it four stars and keep comin' back. The main attractions: buckets of beer and darts. Simple, no frills. My kinda spot. It's a total local spot and I feel a bit out of place going in, but everyone is super nice and I always end up talking to someone! Beware -- some nights are booked for... I don't want to say a private event, but it seemed like maybe a darts league game going on??? Due to the language barrier I wasn't exactly sure wtf was going on, but last time I went in we were told they were closed to the public that night. Bummer! I'm sure there was a sign right on the door, but in Chinese, so my ignorant butt waltzed in :) Cool spot for a cold one and some conversation before hittin' up the night market for some delicious eats!

As for caliber of hotel lounges, this one gets high marks for the view of Victoria harbour. It's a…read morevery small size lounge with a modest offering of food and beverages. Breakfast is basically a few hot items, baked goods and some fruit. They have a coffee machine and selection of juices. Service is good with a friendly staff.